Barrel-heater



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(No Model.)

BARREL HEATER.

Patented Feb. 6, 1883.

INVENTOR fi wvr ATTURNBYQ UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SILAS' ANSON, OF BELLEVUE, MICHIGAN.

BARREL-HEATER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 271,763, dated February 6, 1883.

Application filed November 20, 1882. (No model.) i

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SILAS ANsoN, of Bellevue, in the county ofEaton and State of Michigan, have invented a new and Improved Bar- X ing barrelswithout burningthem, all as hereinafter fully described. i

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of-reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1. is a sectional elevation of my improved barrel-heater and a barrel placed thereon to be heated. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the base or platform. Fig. '3 is a plan view of the grate and collar. Fig. 4; is a side elevation of Fig.3; and Fig. 5 is a perspective view of parts of the lirepot and flue, showing the manner of connecting them. (t represents a basesplate platform, of sheet or cast iron, as preferred, snfficient-lylarget'or the largestsize of barrelsk to setupright on'it, and being mounted on any approved supports, 11, to elevate itsufticiently above the gro 1nd to maintain a tire on a grate, c, to be placed over the central opening, (1, for the purpose.

6 represents the fire-pot, to be set upright on the fire-grate;f, theflue to'the fire-pot; and glrepresents the collar to the grate, said collar supporting the tire-pot over the said opening cl, and closing the margin of the opening, that is larger than the bottom of the fire-pot. As shown in the drawings, the grate-supporting collar g is formed of an annular base having an upwardly andinwardly inclined headflange to fit the fire-pot, which head-flange may have larger or smaller apertures to receive fire-pots of varying size on the gratebars 0, which are firmly secured to the base of the collar. A single gratecollar, suitable for a large fire-pot, may be provided, and smaller fire-pots used therewith on the grate for smaller barrels, in which case the grate-collar may be permanently secured to the base-plate min the open space,j, through which the heat may act' directly upon the barrel fora certain distance along the center, care being taken to limit said opening to a size through which the fire will not burn the barrel to any material extent.

The flue f is smaller at the base than the top of the fire-pot, so that the latter may be conveniently fed with fuel, either through the top of the flue or the space j between the flue and the fire-pot.

Itwill be seen that with thisimproved heater the barrels can be heated more uniformly and thoroughly than by the common method without burning them, and more substantially, or lasting fuel may be used, requiring less time and labor of attending to the fires. In some cases [shall use a straight fire-pot, instead of the tapered one, 6, shown in the drawings.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a barrel-heater, the combination, with the fire-ptti. of the grate 0, having the inwardly proyecting annular collar 9, said firepot resting upon the grate-bars, and the upper edge of the collar fitting against the outer side of the fire-pot, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination, in a barrel-heater, of a platform, a, fire-grate c, firepot e, and flue f, said flue and fire-pot being arranged with a space, j, between them, and the line being smaller at the space than the fire-pot, substantially as shown and described.

3. The combination, in a barrel-heater, of a platform, a, tire-grate c, collar 9, tire-pot e, and flue f, said fire-grate and collar and fire-pot being removable, substantially as described. 

